Gibbs V. Santelli: He Should Read President's Plan (VIDEO) — Rick Santelli, the CNBC reporter who went into a certifiable rant against the Obama housing plan Thursday, found himself in the White House bullseye 24-hours later: the object of scorn and humorous derision from the president's press secretary Robert Gibbs.

The White House encourages Santelli, on purpose — This is very simple. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs went out of his way today to blast CNBC's Rick Santelli for his “rant” yesterday against Obama's mortgage assistance plan. The early press reaction asks why the White House …

Darrel Thompson Jumps Off Burris Ship — Acting Chief of Staff to Senator Roland Burris, Darrel Thompson, has resigned his position, according to senior staffers in the US Senate. — Darrel Thompson, a former Senior Adviser to Senator Harry Reid, had been dispatched by Senator Reid …

WH to Burris: Think again — CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday that Roland Burris should resign from the Senate and the vacancy should then be filled by a special election, injecting fresh momentum in the growing campaign to oust the man picked to fill President Barack Obama's Senate seat.

Laissez-Faire Capitalism Has Failed — The financial crisis lays bare the weakness of the Anglo-Saxon model. — It is now clear that this is the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and the worst economic crisis in the last 60 years. While we are already in a severe …

Obama Administration Shoots Down LaHood Mileage Tax Idea — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood floated the idea to tax motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn. — FOXNews.com — President Obama's transportation department slapped down a suggestion …

Schumer: Failed ‘Zombie’ Banks Should Be Nationalized — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) believes that failed “zombie” banks, no matter what their size, should be taken over by the government, which should then wipe out shareholders, fire management, clean up the banks and quickly resell them into the marketplace.

More Darwin — Update: 2pm CST: (I've rewritten most of the post so that it reflects the current state of affairs. Many comments below were made before the storefront was open, so that is why they say what they do) — So, I made some Darwin artwork that parodies the famous Shepard Fairey Obama poster.

Obama's Durban Dalliance — Does an anti-Semitic conference deserve U.S. participation of any kind? — Last December, we wrote that an “early test” for the Obama Administration would be whether it participated in a forthcoming U.N. conference on racism, better known as Durban II. Uh, oh.

CHU JUMPS IN ‘DEEP END OF THE POOL’ — From NBC's John Yang — Energy Secretary Steven Chu may be a Nobel laureate Ph.D. in physics, but his first forays into energy policy suggest he's a neophyte when it comes to the ways of Washington. — At a forum with reporters on Thursday …

Bill Moyers: The Power of Outing — If it weren't for his Power of Myth series where he introduced Joseph Campbell to a broader audience, Bill Moyers would have contributed little to our national discourse. He has otherwise dedicated his career almost exclusively to destroying Republicans.

Washington Post Stands By Climate Change Denialism — For those who are late to the party, recently George Will wrote a column claiming, most broadly, that in the 1970s there was a scientific consensus that the world was suffering from “global cooling” that was as firm as the current consensus about global warming.

US soldier guilty of Iraq murder — A US soldier has been convicted of murder for his involvement in the killing of four Iraqis who were shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal in 2007. — Sgt Michael Leahy Jr had confessed to investigators that he shot an Iraqi in the back of the head from close range.

Poll: Obama rating slips, but still high — CNN Deputy Political Director — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A national poll indicates that two out of three Americans approve of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president of the United States. — The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey …

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